Witches, wizards, villainous Vikings and Cheshire cats are some of the magical characters on North East England’s Children’s Book Trail. Come and discover exciting locations such as Tynemouth, from Robert Westall’s The Machine Gunners, and Hadrian’s Wall from Rosemary Sutcliffe’s Eagle of the Ninth, the tale of a heroic Roman centurion which has been adapted into a film: The Eagle, launched this spring.
Animal lovers can visit Saltholme Wildlife Reserve and Discovery Park, feed the lambs Whitehouse Farm and ride a donkey at Hall Hill Farm. Animation lovers can see original sets at the Wallace and Gromit World of Invention Roadshow at Life Science Centre. And lovers of children’s classics can see Enid Blyton’s archive collection at Seven Stories. You can even build your own magical house for a fairy or an elf at Cragside.
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As a relative, I was delighted to see you pointing to Rosemary Sutcliff and her novel The Eagle of the Ninth, in which Hadrian’s Wall looms large. But I was disappointed that you spelt Rosemary Sutcliff wrong, with an E!
Mind you … you are in distinguished, if equally mis-guided, company, including on one occasion her publisher and more recently in some PR material from Focus Features, who are behind The Eagle film. More on this common error, the author herself, her books and indeed The Eagle film, at http://rosemarysutcliff.com